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Abstract:
The major goal of the Karlsruhe KASCADE experiment is to determine
the flux spectrum and the chemical composition of primary
cosmic rays around the so called ''knee'', i.e. in the energy range
of the primaries of 10^{15} eV to 10^{16} eV.
KASCADE is a multi-detector device to observe simultaneously
the electromagnetic, muonic and hadronic component of the extended
air shower (EAS), created by interactions of the primaries at the
atmosphere.
A system of large-area position-sensitive multiwire proportional
chambers (MWPC) is able to measure the high-energy muon part
(E_mu>2 GeV) of the EAS.
Different methods of the analysis of
the measured muon densities to evaluate primary mass composition
and energy spectrum are presented.
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